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Human Rights reporting

By signing up to treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, states have made a commitment to end the sexual exploitation of children. This includes states submitting periodical reports on the measures they have taken and progress made to give effect to the rights recognized in the treaties. ECPAT contributes to the review process by providing alternative reports which take an independent, in-depth look at the situation of child rights and sexual exploitation of children in the countries under review.

Holding governments accountable

Our Human Rights reports review the actions governments have taken to fight the sexual exploitation of children, in order to hold them accountable and make future recommendations.

As part of ECPAT’s research with our members and partners around the world, we produce reports for several human rights mechanisms. The reports review the actions that states have taken to improve the situation of sexual exploitation of children in their countries, in order to hold countries accountable, strengthen political will and make future recommendations.

Since the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989, more and more countries are showing their commitment to eradicating the sexual exploitation of children by ratifying the Convention, its “Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography”, and the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 to eliminate all forms of violence against children.

ECPAT plays a role by providing an independent perspective monitoring the progress made by countries, as well as making further recommendations. We submit the reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Committee on the Rights of the Child as well as  to the African Committee of Experts on the Right and Welfare of the Child.

 

to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

to the Human Rights Council

 to the African Committee of Experts on the Right and Welfare of the Child

Alternative reports to the periodic reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Alternative reports to the periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Additional submissions on the sexual exploitation of children for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the human rights situation in the United Nations Member States

The Briefings on the sexual exploitation of children for the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child are not available online. To request a copy, please contact us.

Assessing the impact of the ECPAT Network’s reporting on sexual exploitation of children on the reviews by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Council in 2017